Résumé : The synthesis of the stereoisomeric 1,2‐bis(3‐hydroxyphenyl)ethylenediamines (1–4) from meso‐1,2‐bis(2‐hydroxyphenyl)ethylenediamine and 3‐methoxybenzaldehyde by a diaza‐Cope‐rearrangement and subsequent ether cleavage with BBr3 and their conversion into the [1,2‐bis(3‐hydroxyphenyl)ethylenediamine]dichloroplatinum(II)‐complexes with K2PtCl4 (1‐PtCl2–4‐PtCl2) is described. Copyright © 1989 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim